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he was sent to afghanistan, and over in afghanistan was given a uniform, the army operation enduring freedom camouflaged uniform. he asked for a pair of required boots, and boots. well, guess what? he was issued a pair of chinese made goods once again. in the article you will see a massive sergeant at the and, and i would like to quote it, but the master sergeant said. i quote, this is about patriotism. this is about following the very a minute set forth over six years ago. this is about american soldiers wearing our country's uniform made by americans. and i couldn't agree more with the master sergeant. at a time when our nation is divided into discourse in washington, d.c. is extremely negative, it seems to me with the outrage for our athletes wearing chinese made uniforms, that this is one issue we all can agree on. even those candidates who are running for president of the united states are criticizing one another about not being tough on china. in both campaigns are talking about making sure more things are stamped with made in the u.s.a. well, there's a way we can get tough on
he was sent to afghanistan, and over in afghanistan was given a uniform, the army operation enduring freedom camouflaged uniform. he asked for a pair of required boots, and boots. well, guess what? he was issued a pair of chinese made goods once again. in the article you will see a massive sergeant at the and, and i would like to quote it, but the master sergeant said. i quote, this is about patriotism. this is about following the very a minute set forth over six years ago. this is about...
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also iran's influence in afghanistan has increased since the overthrow of the taliban. the islamic republican played a key role in the establishment of the karzai government, and it is a very powerful regional actor especially in western afghanistan. in 2006 hezbollah and israel fought a war, a relatively short war, but it had very important implications. hezbollah managed to stand up to israel's military might, and a lot of the arabs in the region perceived hezbollah as having won the war, of course. it wasn't necessarily a technical military win, but in some ways it was a psychological political/military win for hezbollah. not a lot of armies have managed to perform so well since 1973 against israel. and, of course, iran's ally, palestinian ally, hamas, managed to take over the gaza strip. so this demonstrated that iran's championing of the resistance front against israel was successful and combined with successes in iraq for iran, iran was in some ways the ascendant power in the middle east, you could accurately describe it as such. but things have really changed in
also iran's influence in afghanistan has increased since the overthrow of the taliban. the islamic republican played a key role in the establishment of the karzai government, and it is a very powerful regional actor especially in western afghanistan. in 2006 hezbollah and israel fought a war, a relatively short war, but it had very important implications. hezbollah managed to stand up to israel's military might, and a lot of the arabs in the region perceived hezbollah as having won the war, of...
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for a wilson center form on protecting women and girls in afghanistan. the national academy of sciences hosts a discussion on the process of election polling and forecasting. that's live at 2 p.m. eastern. >> a couple live campaign events to tell you about today on our companion network c-span. vice president joe biden will be in sun city florida just after 11:45 a.m. eastern. then at 4:45 p.m. new jersey governor chris christie campaigns for mitt romney and richmond, virginia. >> i have to be honest with you, i love these debates. these things are great. and i think it's interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. don't you think that it's time for him to finally put together a vision of what he would do in the next four years if he were elected? it's got to come up with that over this weekend because there's only one debate left on monday. >> so let's recap what we learned last night. his tax plan doesn't add up. his jobs plan doesn't create jobs. his deficit reduction plan adds to the deficit. so, iowa, everybody her
for a wilson center form on protecting women and girls in afghanistan. the national academy of sciences hosts a discussion on the process of election polling and forecasting. that's live at 2 p.m. eastern. >> a couple live campaign events to tell you about today on our companion network c-span. vice president joe biden will be in sun city florida just after 11:45 a.m. eastern. then at 4:45 p.m. new jersey governor chris christie campaigns for mitt romney and richmond, virginia. >> i...
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>> over 200,000 served in iraq and afghanistan together. >> host: americans? >> guest: yeah, americans. >> host: is that unusual? >> guest: yes, the iraq war set a precedent, historically. more women received, have been wounded and killed in the iraq war by around 2005 two years into the war, already, and now all the american wars put together since world war ii including afghanistan. it was a huge, huge difference. one in every ten troops in iraq was a womb. >> host: did they serve in different capacities than in the past? >> guest: yes. because of the nature of the war, which is basically a guerrilla war, the nature of all wars these days, there's no front line in the old-fashioned sense. drawing a line in the sand or app area where the soldiers from the enemy sides meet up and fight. that doesn't happen anymore. battles take place in hospitals, even if you drive a truck full of toilet paper, you can be attacked. because there's no front line, even if your combat support or engineer or a cook, you can get drawn into battle, and many, 34 women also were used
>> over 200,000 served in iraq and afghanistan together. >> host: americans? >> guest: yeah, americans. >> host: is that unusual? >> guest: yes, the iraq war set a precedent, historically. more women received, have been wounded and killed in the iraq war by around 2005 two years into the war, already, and now all the american wars put together since world war ii including afghanistan. it was a huge, huge difference. one in every ten troops in iraq was a womb....
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it's been able to go over to afghanistan and iraq and spend time with our veterans and let them know, we care about you, we love you, and we want you home safely. >> moderator: thank you. we are done with the lincoln-douglas portion of the debate. we're back now to questions from voters. the next question is from james. he's ever tyree, and it's about term limits. would you propose a bill to limit terms are both houses of congress, for example, to terms for senate, six terms of house, a total of 12 years for both houses? mr. mourdock, one minute transport i absolutely would. i've signed on to the very type of plane. i believe in term limits and i think they are good thing. i think they keep turning over ideas. there is a myth in washington that we need all the seniority to have good ideas. i think one of the best ideas that is come along in a long, long time is a balanced budget and minute presented by senator mike lee. that bill unlike a balanced budget and in the mr. donnelly keeps talking about that would force congress to raise taxes would actually put a cap on spending. mr. donne
it's been able to go over to afghanistan and iraq and spend time with our veterans and let them know, we care about you, we love you, and we want you home safely. >> moderator: thank you. we are done with the lincoln-douglas portion of the debate. we're back now to questions from voters. the next question is from james. he's ever tyree, and it's about term limits. would you propose a bill to limit terms are both houses of congress, for example, to terms for senate, six terms of house, a...
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it's the spring in the mountains of afghanistan. and we have this sinking feeling and that feeling is one of the things that propelled this book and propelled us because we know it is very rare to get soldiers. not only do we have this but we took up the chain and we don't want to do this mission and that sort of starts the book and also starts them on this path that ultimately gets them in the ambush. that is pretty critical what he just mentioned in the look to book. you don't usually get soldiers in the plan and there was a captain who basically just like the other members knew there were flaws in the plan so he took his concerns and it is important to do this mission. he helped finance his men in this operation and in fact when they later found out in the cia they had shown up in arizona to finance this whole campaign, and again, going back tactically this plan was flawed but even though they knew it was flawed and that there was incredible danger landing in a helicopter at the valley to the top of the mountain to get to this co
it's the spring in the mountains of afghanistan. and we have this sinking feeling and that feeling is one of the things that propelled this book and propelled us because we know it is very rare to get soldiers. not only do we have this but we took up the chain and we don't want to do this mission and that sort of starts the book and also starts them on this path that ultimately gets them in the ambush. that is pretty critical what he just mentioned in the look to book. you don't usually get...
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forces in afghanistan have begun a critically important transition, iran has never been more isolated, and the libyan people have a chance to reclaim their freedom following the removal of moammar gadhafi from power. the president has shored up the nation's homeland defenses, redoubled the commitment to america's veterans, stood up for human rights across the globe supporting democratic reform efforts abroad and ending torture here at home. u.s. security assistance is at an all-time -- to israel is at an all-time high, and in the face of a difficult fiscal situation, he's put the military on a path to remain the best-trained, best-equipped and best-led fighting force in history. governor romney's foreign policy positions, and there are many, can be tough to follow if you don't keep close track. he likes to talk about the confidence, clarity and resolve in his foreign policy when, in fact, it's been more confusion, dysfunction and division. the reality is that governor romney has been searching for a foreign policy narrative in position and world view since the campaign started. his po
forces in afghanistan have begun a critically important transition, iran has never been more isolated, and the libyan people have a chance to reclaim their freedom following the removal of moammar gadhafi from power. the president has shored up the nation's homeland defenses, redoubled the commitment to america's veterans, stood up for human rights across the globe supporting democratic reform efforts abroad and ending torture here at home. u.s. security assistance is at an all-time -- to...
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number one, he was talking about how much he wanted peace, he didn't want to have anymore afghanistans or iraqs. i think he was speaking particularly to women voters, particularly to college-educated women, a group that he seems to be making significant gains with as compared to john mccain's performance in 2008 or perhaps george w. bush's performance in 2004. um, i think, also, that that's, it's partly -- the germano/scandinavian zone of america, if you will, iowa and wisconsin, two states that are very much target states, and minnesota where rasmussen pointed only a five-point obama lead although it's not anybody's target state at this point, those have always been the pacifist, isolationist, doveish parts of america relatively speaking. and i think barack obama's, you know, boasts i killed osama bin laden not as big a plus in those states among some people who have been voting democratic as they are in many others. and romney talking about peace. the other thing he did was talking about tumult and chaos in the world. i think the libya situation has hurt barack obama by giving people
number one, he was talking about how much he wanted peace, he didn't want to have anymore afghanistans or iraqs. i think he was speaking particularly to women voters, particularly to college-educated women, a group that he seems to be making significant gains with as compared to john mccain's performance in 2008 or perhaps george w. bush's performance in 2004. um, i think, also, that that's, it's partly -- the germano/scandinavian zone of america, if you will, iowa and wisconsin, two states...
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, attacks on the american embassy, a month ago which is also led some of to ask are we becoming and afghanistan. and so suddenly it seems that things have changed, have become much more uncertain. there is no institution building taking place today. so would like to argue that even if the situation seems promising, if we are in -- indeed, may be the election where organized a little too early. and in order to make this argument, i'm going to contrast two periods in the tunisia in transition. the first one took place, started after the departure of general ben ali on january 14, 2011, and the second one took place after the election. so the pre-electoral moment of the post electoral moment. so the pre-electoral moment was what some people have called the magical moment, this period where the transition seemed to go very well in spite of all the conflicts that were taking place. i had national talks as a victory. why didn't work so well. civil society was very strong in fact, political parties seem to have disappeared for a while, and when i met with members of civil society during the year 2011,
, attacks on the american embassy, a month ago which is also led some of to ask are we becoming and afghanistan. and so suddenly it seems that things have changed, have become much more uncertain. there is no institution building taking place today. so would like to argue that even if the situation seems promising, if we are in -- indeed, may be the election where organized a little too early. and in order to make this argument, i'm going to contrast two periods in the tunisia in transition....
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i looked up the government contracting company can't come a i look at what's happening in iraq and afghanistan with abusive wasteful contracts. once again, working with both democrats and republicans were able to move across government and really reform some of these bureaucracies that were wasting your money through wasteful contracting practices. and then suggest sessions a couple years ago came to me very conservative republican senator from alabama and said you seem like the kind of democrat that would work with me on putting a cap on federal spending. and i said i am the kind of democrat. together, even though my party's leadership thought to me, we worked to put a cap on federal spending. i think our legislation made a difference. a strong bipartisan record. it is much different than congressman akin's record. congressman akin has been one of the handful of congressmen voting against the mainstream programs, a very extreme right. he wants to privatize medicare, abolish the minimum wage, he wants to to say that rape victims cannot get contraception or an emergency basis. he wants to say t
i looked up the government contracting company can't come a i look at what's happening in iraq and afghanistan with abusive wasteful contracts. once again, working with both democrats and republicans were able to move across government and really reform some of these bureaucracies that were wasting your money through wasteful contracting practices. and then suggest sessions a couple years ago came to me very conservative republican senator from alabama and said you seem like the kind of...
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the vietnam afghanistan, doubtless eat up all these ethnic restaurants popping up in washington d.c. and then, carter was also a difficult relations with israel. as president, he did not head in a 1980, ronald reagan was seen as an alternative, also john andersen missing for carter, which is not the president from the jewish perspective. and so what happened in 1980 was reagan got 39% of the jewish vote. you might say he lost the jewish vote. was so great about that? for republican to get 39% is a huge achievement. in fact, over the appear that i'm talking about, the high water mark of a 39%, below-market 11%. but that range of 20% in the low part of love into the high 39 is really the range of jewish support for israel. so people says remnick went to get the jewish vote? and a supporter from a come adviser to romney. he's not going to get the jewish vote. but if he gets in the mid-to high 30s, that's a good sign. and so was ronald reagan company sought three consecutive elections, where the republicans got 30% are hired the jewish vote. reagan, reagan and bush in 88. it's not coinci
the vietnam afghanistan, doubtless eat up all these ethnic restaurants popping up in washington d.c. and then, carter was also a difficult relations with israel. as president, he did not head in a 1980, ronald reagan was seen as an alternative, also john andersen missing for carter, which is not the president from the jewish perspective. and so what happened in 1980 was reagan got 39% of the jewish vote. you might say he lost the jewish vote. was so great about that? for republican to get 39%...